Hackers invaded the Hyatt hotel on west campus this week for part of the Linux Plumbers Conference, an annual gathering of Linux kernel and infrastructure developers. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the open-source Linux operating system, is in town for the conference, which has been held in Portland, Oregon for the past two years. This year, the conference is at the Hyatt the west end of campus after several MIT alumni on the planning committee pushed for the conference to be held in Cambridge.

Logan P. WIlliams—The Tech

Voters leave Kresge Auditorium on Tuesday evening after casting their votes in the midterm elections. Kresge was a Cambridge polling place for Precincts 2 and 3 in Ward 2.

Quentin Smith—The Tech

Linus Torvalds, the creator of the open source Linux operating system, dives into the shark tank at the New England Aquarium on Wednesday night. Torvalds was given a choice between giving a keynote presentation at the Linux Plumbers conference and being fed to the sharks, and he chose to jump in. (See page 13.)